Photos: Cold-Stunned Iguanas in Florida
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From left: Blake Wilkins and Andrew Baron, who are Redline Iguana Removal trappers, unload cold-stunned as well as dead green iguanas from the back of a pickup truck after they collected them during a cold spell on February 2, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida. South Florida has seen back-to-back nights of overnight temperatures in the mid-30s. The cold-blooded invasive species fall from trees when temperatures get too low. Wilkins said that in the past two days, they have collected about 2,500 iguanas, and he has never seen anything like it in his years of trapping.
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A cold-stunned iguana fell from a tree as temperatures dropped to near freezing on February, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Workers count iguanas at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Southeast Field Station at the Tequesta Field Laboratory building in unincorporated Martin County, Florida, on February 2, 2026.
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An iguana is seen lying on the ground in a neighborhood as temperatures dip into the 30s on February 1, 2026, in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
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A resident walked through a neighborhood picking up dead and cold-stunned iguanas on February, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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Blake Wilkins, a Redline Iguana Removal trapper, collects cold-stunned iguanas from a property on February 2, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida.
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Blake Wilkins holds up a cold-stunned green iguana on February 2, 2026, in Hollywood, Florida.
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A trapper unloads cold-stunned green iguanas from the back of a pickup truck after he collected them during a cold spell in Hollywood, Florida, on February 2, 2026.
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Cold-stunned and dead iguanas lie in the back of a pickup truck after being collected by Redline Iguana Removal services in Hollywood, Florida, on February 2, 2026.
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An iguana lies on the ground in a neighborhood as temperatures dip into the 30s across South Florida on February 1, 2026, in Pembroke Pines, Florida.